Cold Spring Fault Less Youth

Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
Studio album by Mount Kimbie
Released May 27, 2013 (2013-05-27)
Genre Electronic
Length 42:46
Label Warp
Producer Dominic Maker, Kai Campos
Mount Kimbie chronology
Crooks & Lovers
(2010)		 Cold Spring Fault Less Youth
(2013)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Consequence of SoundC+[3]
The Guardian[4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork Media7.7/10[6]
PopMatters[7]
Resident Advisor3.0/5[8]
The Skinny[9]
XLR8R7.5/10[10]

Cold Spring Fault Less Youth is the second studio album by British electronic music duo Mount Kimbie.[7] It was released on Warp Records on May 27, 2013.[7] Vocalist King Krule is featured on "You Took Your Time" and "Meter, Pale, Tone".[8]

Critical reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Cold Spring Fault Less Youth received an average score of 81% based on 22 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".[1]

Bram E. Gieben of The Skinny gave the album 5 stars out of 5, saying: "After kickstarting the post-dubstep sound on Crooks & Lovers, Mount Kimbie have turned their attention towards stranger sounds and more challenging song structures, bringing Kai Campos' vocals to the fore."[9] Al Horner of NME described it as "an album that claws for attention, the careful nuances, shuffling rhythms and strange emotions of their first outing fine-tuned into something unmissable."[5]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Home Recording"   4:38
2. "You Took Your Time" (featuring King Krule) 5:13
3. "Break Well"   3:41
4. "Blood and Form"   3:53
5. "Made to Stray"   4:45
6. "So Many Times, So Many Ways"   4:07
7. "Lie Near"   3:25
8. "Meter, Pale, Tone" (featuring King Krule) 3:31
9. "Slow"   3:19
10. "Sullen Ground"   3:30
11. "Fall Out"   2:34

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Top Dance/Electronic Albums[11] 21
Heatseekers Albums[12] 20

References

  1. 1 2 "Cold Spring Fault Less Youth by Mount Kimbie". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ Jeffries, David. "Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth". AllMusic. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ Geffen, Sasha (May 30, 2013). "Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  4. ↑ Empire, Kitty (May 26, 2013). "Mount Kimbie: Cold Spring Fault Less Youth – review". The Guardian. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Horner, Al (May 24, 2013). "Mount Kimbie - 'Cold Spring Fault Less Youth'". NME. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ Gaerig, Andrew (May 29, 2013). "Mount Kimbie: Cold Spring Fault Less Youth". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  7. 1 2 3 Smithson, Logan (May 27, 2013). "Mount Kimbie: Cold Spring Fault Less Youth". PopMatters. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  8. 1 2 Rothlein, Jordan (June 11, 2013). "Mount Kimbie - Cold Spring Fault Less Youth". Resident Advisor. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  9. 1 2 Gieben, Bram E. (May 9, 2013). "Mount Kimbie – Cold Spring Fault Less Youth". The Skinny. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ Fallon, Patric (May 29, 2013). "Mount Kimbie: Cold Spring Fault Less Youth". XLR8R. Retrieved August 10, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Mount Kimbie - Chart history - Top Dance/Electronic Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2016.
  12. ↑ "Mount Kimbie - Chart history - Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved April 8, 2016.

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